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“For Democrats, we weren’t taking down enough, and for Republicans we were taking down too much,” said the former director of public policy at Facebook.

But as the tech giants grappled with narrowing profits, this proactive stance began to dissolve.

Social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation, abandoning their most aggressive efforts to police online falsehoods in a trend expected to profoundly affect the 2024 presidential election. An array of circumstances is fueling the retreat: Mass layoffs at Meta and other major tech companies have gutted teams dedicated to promoting accurate information online. An aggressive legal battle over claims that the Biden administration pressured social m

But as the tech giants grappled with narrowing profits, this proactive stance began to dissolve.

Judicial Watch said Thursday it is suing to get CIA records that could shed light on the process used to “clear” a letter falsely claiming that emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop were Russian disinformation.

 

A dozen House Republicans filed an amicus brief Tuesday in an ongoing lawsuit that alleges the Biden administration coordinated with social media companies to censor First Amendment-protected content about COVID-19 and Hunter Biden.

The FBI agent's bombshell allegations of political bias appeared in a leaked statement made to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The FBI agent's bombshell allegations of political bias appeared in a leaked statement made to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The FBI agent's bombshell allegations of political bias appeared in a leaked statement made to the Senate Judiciary Committee.